Archinect - Features

The School of Architecture at Taliesin Cannot Close: Testimonies From Recent Graduates

2020-03-12T13:46:00-04:00

Archinect has collected responses from several School of Architecture at Taliesin (SoAT) students in light of recent events at the schools. The responses highlight the self-built pavilions SoAT students are expected to complete as part of their final thesis project.

Archinect's Summer Reading + Listening List: Recommendations from Aaron Betsky, Jimenez Lai, Alan Loomis and Scott Merrill

2016-07-16T10:41:00-04:00

From vivid historical analysis to theoretically-driven essays on Rem Koolhaas to the mesmerizing stream of consciousness of Karl Ove Knausgaard, Aaron Betsky, Jimenez Lai, Alan Loomis and Scott Merrill spoke to Archinect about what they're reading (and listening to).

Here's a quick glimpse of the tenor and scope of their picks, just in time for summer.

Aaron Betsky, dean of the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, lays out Taliesin's legacy in architecture education

2016-07-06T12:08:00-04:00

When Aaron Betsky started his deanship at the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, the historic school was in a difficult spot. Under new requirements by the Higher Learning Commission, if it didn’t raise $2 million to become a separate institution from its funding organization, the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, it would lose accreditation and have to shut down. By late December of 2015, less than a year into his deanship and just under the fundraising deadline, Betsky helped the school reach its goal.